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Add N To (X) AVANT HARD
2xLP 1999 Mute Records stumm170
Several of their songs and music videos were adult/sex-related; the video for "Metal Fingers in My Body" is an animated short featuring a woman having sex with a robot,[2] and their video for "Plug Me In" features porn actresses playing with sex toys
1997 saw the band twice awarded 'Single of the Week' by the NME (for "The Black Regent" and "King Wasp").[3]
Second album On the Wires of Our Nerves was released in 1998, and was described as "like Stereolab/Suicide with a rocket shoved up their rectum".[3] The album was played heavily by BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs on her show, The Breezeblock.[3]
The group performed live regularly, often augmenting their core three-piece line up with either one or two acoustic drummers, and sometimes additional musicians playing extra synths and/or electric guitar. Equipment used live included EMS Synthi AKS (usually thrown around by Barry 7), Korg MS-20, Moog Rogue, EDP Wasp, Omnichord, and ARP 2600.
They often utilized distinctive artwork for the videos and record sleeves, a fetishistic collage of sexual imagery with analogue electronic equipment, based in part on the movie and book Demon Seed.
The band signed to Mute Records and released three more albums, Avant Hard, Add Insult to Injury and Loud Like Nature. They also released the single "Little Black Rocks in the Sun", which was issued on 10 inch hexagonal vinyl. Shenton was reportedly overwhelmed by the pressures of the Loud Like Nature tour, and either left the group or was fired.Good Used Condition. Pictures are of actual item, please refer to them. From my personal collection. Check my other listings for more choice cuts.
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Tracklist
A1 Barry 7's ContraptionA2 Robot New York
A3 Skills
B1 Steve's Going To Teach Himself Who's Boss
B2 FYUZ
B3 Buckminster Fuller
C1 Revenge Of The Black Regent
C2 Metal Fingers In My Body
D1 Ann's Eveready Equestrian
D2 Oh Yeah, Oh No
D3 Machine Is Bored With Love
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Vital (2)
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mute Records Ltd.
- Copyright (c) – Mute Records Ltd.
- Recorded At – Unit 20
- Recorded At – The Instrument
- Recorded At – Eastcote Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – The Exchange
Credits
- Artwork – Add N To (X)
- Engineer – Ebby Acquah, Roger Johnson (2), Steve D'Agostino
- Management – War Zone (4)
- Mastered By [Cut] – Mike Marsh
- Performer [Additional Musician] – Alison Goldfrapp, Rob Allum
- Photography By [Band Photos] – Joe Dilworth
- Producer, Arranged By – Add N To (X) (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to D3), Barry 7 (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to D3), Dean Honer (tracks: A2, A3, B2)
- Written-By – Add N To (X)
Notes
Gatefold sleeve.Recorded at Unit 20, The Instrument and Eastcote.
Cut at The Exchange.
"Machine Is Bored With Love" is based on samples taken from Egg's "Fugue In D Minor", (P) & (C) Dave Stewart / Dirk Campbell / Clibe Brooks, 1969.
(P) (C) Mute Records Limited.
Distributed by Vital.
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